Associate Professor
Michelle Riedlinger
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Communication
Biography
Michelle Riedlinger joined QUT's School of Communication in July 2020. Her research interests include the emerging environmental, agricultural and health research communication practices, roles for “alternative” science communicators, online fact checking and public engagement with science. Her research is informed by theories of media, cultural approaches to science, social identity, and pragmatic linguistics. She coordinates QUT's Global Engagement Theme in the Global Journalism Innovation Lab and she has been a co-investigator on Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)-funded projects investigating the online circulation of health research and online explanatory journalism. As a communication consultant, she has worked on projects focussed on climate variability, dryland salinity, ecology, catchment management, and river health. She has facilitated over two hundred communication training workshops for researchers.Michelle is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Science Communication (JCOM). She is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Public Communication of Science and Technology Global Network, and she chairs the Finance Sub-Committee.
Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Communication
Qualifications
- Dr of Philosophy (Communication) (University of Queensland)
Professional memberships and associations
Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Global Network, Secretary Australian Science Communicators (ASC), Executive Science Writers and Communicators of Canada (SWCC), Board member International Communication Association (ICA), member International Environmental Communication Association (IECA), member International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Australasia, member
Publications
- Gascoigne, T., Schiele, B., Leach, J., Riedlinger, M., Lewenstein, B., Massarani, L. & Broks, P. (2020). Communicating Science: A Global Perspective. ANU Press. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/206922
- Fleerackers, A., Riedlinger, M., Moorhead, L., Ahmed, R. & Alperin, J. (2022). Communicating Scientific Uncertainty in an Age of COVID-19: An Investigation into the Use of Preprints by Digital Media Outlets. Health Communication, 37(6), 726–738. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/207221
- Makmillen, S. & Riedlinger, M. (2021). Markers of identification in Indigenous academic writing: A case study of genre innovation. Text and Talk, 41(2), 165–185. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/202204
- Riedlinger, M. & Metcalfe, J. (2020). Public understanding of science: Popularisation, perceptions and publics. In DR. Gruber & LC. Olman (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Language and Science (pp. 32–46). Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/206775
- Fahnrich, B., Riedlinger, M. & Weitkamp, E. (2020). Activists as 'alternative' science communicators - Exploring the facets of science communication in societal contexts. Journal of Science Communication, 19(6). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/206902
- Riedlinger, M., Metcalfe, J., Baram-Tsabari, A., Entradas, M., Joubert, M. & Massarani, L. (2019). Telling stories in science communication: Case studies of scholar-practitioner collaboration. Journal of Science Communication, 18(5). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/203716
- Riedlinger, M., Barata, G. & Schiele, A. (2019). The landscape of science communication in contemporary Canada: A focus on Anglophone actors and networks. Cultures of Science, 2(1), 51–63. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/202342
- Riedlinger, M., Chapman, C. & Mitchell, P. (2019). Location awareness and geodata sharing practices of Australian smartphone users. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/132000
- Davis, L., Fahnrich, B., Nepote, A., Riedlinger, M. & Trench, B. (2018). Environmental communication and science communication-conversations, connections and collaborations. Environmental Communication, 12(4), 431–437. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/203931
- Riedlinger, M. & Rea, J. (2015). Discourse ecology and knowledge niches: Negotiating the risks of radiation in online Canadian forums, post-Fukushima. Science, Technology, & Human Values, 40(4), 588–614. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/203996
QUT ePrints
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